New Melvins album due in April

Everybody’s favourite noisemakers (the) Melvins will release a new album in April 2013.

Released via Mike Patton’s Ipecac label, the thirteen track effort finds Buzz ‘King Buzzo’ Osborne and co putting their stamp on works originally by David Bowie, The Jam, Roxy Music, Queen and The Kinks. Each cover is a collaboration with a guest artist and those roped in to help include Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, Jello Biafra and cult film maker John Waters.

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OFF!: US west coast tour cancelled

It has been reported that OFF!’s upcoming tour dates have all been cancelled.

Lead vocalist Keith Morris recently slipped into a diabetic coma and is taking time out to recover.  In addition to being OFF!’s frontman, Morris is also involved with Flag, a band including other former Black Flag members.  Flag have been booked to appear at the Punk Rock Bowling Festival in Las Vegas in May.  So far, this – and Flag’s other prior shows – remain unaffected.

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Big D & The Kids Table launch Kickstarter campaign

Big D & The Kids Table have launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund not one, but TWO new albums.

Best associated with the third wave of ska in the US, the band’s sound can be somewhat more eclectic, taking in elements of punk, pop, thrash, reggae and a bit of dub. With this in mind, Big D are set to release two albums: one of upbeat ska and punk, with a second release taking in more of their lighter, reggae influenced sounds.

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